Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 10) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) heavily textured paper

heavily textured paper

The map features several major cities of the era

Subtle shading and layering create convincing depth without losing the immediacy of an on‑the‑spot study

Opening of the Heart of Wales Line (1868): The railway line connecting Llandrindod Wells to Swansea

and cross-cultural encounter

Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 10) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) heavily textured paperInsecta Coleoptera Pl. 010 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created at a moment when art and science were tightly intertwined. Godman, an English naturalist and collector, published this entomological plate as part of a larger effort to document beetles with clarity and authority. The composition reflects the periods devotion to careful observation and classification: multiple beetle specimens